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How to Boost Your Car’s Trade-in Value

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When it’s time to trade in your car in the Morgan Hill, San Jose, and Gilroy, CA, areas, The Ford Store Morgan Hill is here to help. Before you get started, here’s how to boost the value of your trade-in vehicle.

How to Trade in a Car

When you trade in a car, you apply its value to the price of a new vehicle. Before you get started on trading in your vehicle, you’ll have to make sure you have:

  • Maintenance records
  • Car title
  • Loan information, if applicable

Use our Value Your Trade tool to get an initial estimate for your car. You can bring this estimate into the dealership, and after an inspection, you’ll get a firm offer. Keep reading to see how to boost that offer.

Boost Your Trade-in Value

When it comes to assessing a vehicle’s quality, there are many components that come into play:

  • The internal and external condition of the car
  • The miles on the odometer
  • The condition of the engine and its components

By improving these factors where you can, you can boost your car’s trade-in value.

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Increase Your Car’s Curb Appeal

One of the best ways to boost the trade-in value of your vehicle is to deep-clean it, taking the time to get it detailed if necessary. A clean car is more likely to impress, but more importantly, it’s less work for the dealership to take an expertly cleaned car onto their lot than one that needs a lot of work.

Take Care of Tune-ups

Make sure your car is running smoothly, of course. One of the best ways to do that is to take care of any quick yet essential services, like an oil change.

Another way to boost your car’s trade-in value is to take care of any recalls if necessary. Best of all, recall repairs are almost always of no cost to the driver, so this is a great way to improve your vehicle without investment.

Have Your Paperwork in Order

You’ve worked hard to keep your vehicle well-maintained. When you show up to trade in your vehicle, bring your service records with you, so a future driver knows just how high-quality your car is.

Be Strategic in Your Timing

Sometimes, it’s more about when something happens than how. Check out the used car inventory on the dealership’s site. If they have several of the models you are trying to trade in, then you might not get as much money for it, since there’s less demand. Keep an eye on the demand for your car, and if you can, wait until the demand has gone up.

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Trade in Your Car Today!

When it’s time to trade in your car in the Morgan Hill, San Jose, and Gilroy, California, areas, The Ford Store Morgan Hill is here to help you boost your trade-in value. Wherever you are in the car-buying process, reach out or stop by today—we look forward to helping you find your next new set of wheels!

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